9th May 2008

Mego Retailers: Where Did You Buy Your Toys?

posted in Children's Palace, Christmas Memories, Daily Mego Adoration, Mason's, Mego Packaging, Price Stickers, Rich's, Toy Village |
Where did you and your family buy Mego toys?

I’m working on a new project, and I need your help.

I want to document every retailer, large or small, that sold Mego action figures during the 1970s and early 1980s. I already started a Blog series documenting cool Mego price stickers, and now I’m asking from contributions from all y’all Mego collectors.

Mego-head Don Cassetori recently contributed a wonderful JC Penney price sticker, and now he’s provided several more, including Children’s Palace (which I like to call “Chil Pal”) and Mason’s:

Price Sticker

Don also sent in these great Mego price stickers from retailers Rich’s and Toy Village:

Price Sticker

Have you ever heard of any of these stores? Did your family shop at one of them when you were a kid? If so, please add a comment below and tell me what you remember.

Do you remember any other retailers (however obscure) from your childhood? Please post a comment and share your memories. As I said, I’m working to document all of these store, and I can really use your insight.

Thanks for playing along!

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  1. 1 On May 18th, 2008, Scott Mego Halperin said:

    Rich’s was in the south for years. I am from Atlanta and shopped there a lot as a kid. It was a big department store.

    The Rich family was an old Georgia family and the chain was immensely successful for years. In the early seventies I had several Megos, My fondest memory was of the Enterprise playset with the entire bridge crew (my mom balked when I asked for Uhura but I convinced her it was for my sister).

  2. 2 On May 19th, 2008, Benjamin said:

    Thanks for the great info, Scott!

    To your knowledge, has Rich’s gone out of business?

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